Registration Process for 2025-2026

Welcome to Garth Webb S.S. Please read the instructions for student registration carefully.

Step 1 - Determine if you reside within the Garth Webb Catchment Area

Please use this locator tool to determine if Garth Webb S.S. (GWSS) is the correct school based on your home  address. If you are within the GWSS school boundary, please review the following information to determine whether or not your registration can be completed by the school or if it has to be completed at the HDSB Welcome Centre.

Step 2 - Determine if you register with the school or the Welcome Centre registrations department

You must contact the Welcome Centre to register for school if your student is:

• Entering the Ontario school system for the first time, and whose first language is not English (or is a variety of English)* 

• Entering with an International Student Visa (or any Visa including Visitor Visa) 

• Entering with a Work Permit or a Study Permit (student and/or parent/guardian holds the permit)

  • Entering as a Refugee Claimant, a Convention Refugee, or a Protected Person 

• Entering with their Permanent Residence application in process 

• Entering from a French language school in a French language school board (if first language is not English)

• Re-entering Ontario after an absence of a year or more (if first language is not English)

* where student is a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, or Refugee Claimant

If your student meets any of the above criteria, please contact the Welcome Centre using this form to make an appointment to complete your registration.

If your student does not meet any of the above criteria, please proceed to the next step to continue the registration process with the school.

Step 3a - Registration Process with the School 

Note: Registration will occur directly from school to school for all Grade 8 students attending a Garth Webb feeder school (Emily Carr, Captain R. Wilson, Palermo, Heritage Glen, West Oak, and Ecole Forest Trail).

Students who wish to register at Garth Webb Secondary School need to complete the online Student Registration process before moving to the next step on this page.  

Step 3b - Providing Additional Documentation

After completing the online portion of the registration process, families need to provide several pieces of identification and information that are needed. Here is a checklist of what is required.

If you are transferring from another high school, please complete the Application to Transfer form and include it in the registration package.

Step 4 - Course Selection

You will need to submit your student's course selection with the registration package. To help with course selection please review the various courses offered at Garth Webb:

Grade 9 Course Selection Materials 2025-2026 School Year

Grade 8 Presentation

Selecting Courses for Grade 9: a resource for families

Grade 9 Course Descriptions

Grade 9 Option Sheet

Grade 10-12 Course Selection Materials 2025-2026 School Year

Course Descriptions Grades 10-12

Course Offerings Chart

Option Sheet Grade 10-12 (English Track)

Option Sheet Grade 10-12 (French Immersion Track)

Grade 10-12 Course Selection Presentations

Picking Courses for Grade 10

Picking Courses for Grade 11

Picking Courses for Grade 12

Picking Courses for Grade 12+ (Fifth Year)

Step 5 - Submit Registration

Submissions are due by January 17, 2024. Please email your completed package to the following address: gwss@hdsb.ca. Once your registration package has been received and reviewed, you will be contacted to confirm the registration.